Stan Golestan (1875-1956)

[JimL]

Do you have the movement information, or is it a single-movement work?

[DennisS]

Thank you Music 33 for your upload. It was much appreciated. Thank you also Richard for your kind offer to email this work. It's great that members on this forum are always keen to share. thanks again.

[Richard Moss]

Jim,

The original UC upload (I'm assuming the new upload is the same work) was in 4 movements; timings (give or take a second or so) were 13'24; 1'14; 3'18 and 5'10.  I didn't find out the tempi  for these movements, so if anyone has them, that would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Richard

[eschiss1]

The movements have descriptive names:

1. Jour de Fête  ; (1a?) Voix dans la nuit 
2. Solitude  --
3. Joies des foules.

Don't know the tempo designations. The (1a?) is mine. See
http://know.freelibrary.org/vufind/Record/1589155  and http://know.freelibrary.org/vufind/Record/11782 . (The latter copy I may be able to interloan from them- if so, I can browse the score myself and add to this information. In a few months; right now I'm sort of full up on interloan-queue at the library.)

[Richard Moss]

Eric,

Tks for updt on movement titles

Richard

[eschiss1]

Has anyone heard either of his (first two?) string quartets?

[eschiss1]

Also, his (first? I think there may be two) Romanian Rhapsody received its first performance in England at the Proms on 13 September 1919. (Random comment...)

[Christopher]

It seems there was a concert in Romania at the end of last year when Golestan's "Moldavian Suite for cello and orchestra" was performed. 

http://revistaartaiasi.ro/?p=1024#comment-1429

I am trying to find out if this was recorded or broadcast (a read-through of the article, using google-translate from Romanian, implies it might have been).  Does anyone else have any idea of how to find out in Romania?

[brendangcarroll]

His Violin Sonata in Eb has been recorded on a CD that was released August 30. It also features Korngold's Much Ado About Nothing suite and the Richard Strauss sonata.

http://www.genuin.de/en/04_d.php?k=528

[Alan Howe]

...which is already the subject of this more specific thread in the Recordings & Broadcasts board:
http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,7372.0.html

Hint: it's always worth doing a quick search/double-check before posting.

[Christopher]

It seems there was a concert in Romania at the end of last year when Golestan's "Moldavian Suite for cello and orchestra" was performed. 

http://revistaartaiasi.ro/?p=1024#comment-1429

I am trying to find out if this was recorded or broadcast (a read-through of the article, using google-translate from Romanian, implies it might have been).  Does anyone else have any idea of how to find out in Romania?

OK - I now have a bee in my bonnet about this.  The concert also featured the piano concerto by Paul Constantinescu (1909-1963 - NOT our era) - and this was recorded and posted onto youtube - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n2fVGutlbU.    Which to me implies that the whole concert must also have been recorded! 

I have written a message on that youtube page asking if a recording of the rest of the concert is available and can be posted...perhaps others on here who have google (youtube) accounts (and who care....) could do the same, to see if that generates a response.   I have also left a message on the youtube home channel page of the pianist of the Constantinescu, Raluca Stirbat (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCql2kWDLCJMl9OCgdDwwXpA/discussion) asking the same.  And in the comments section of the first youtube page it says "Video by Andrei Popovici" - I have found a cameraman by that name on LinkedIn and written to him to ask if (a) it was him and (b) did he film the rest of the concert.

Anything I receive I will post of course.

Obsessed? Me?!

[Mark Thomas]

Very thorough, Christopher. We'll keep our fingers crossed, eh?

[Alan Howe]

Tightly.

[Christopher]

So - the cellist in the Golestan performance was Mirel Iancovici.  I found that he has his own website - http://mireliancovici.com - with a page giving an email address - http://mireliancovici.com/contact.html.  In high excitement I wrote to this email address to ask Mr Iancovici about his performance and whether it had been recorded....and immediately received a delivery failure notice.  So disappointing!

Any suggestions anyone?!

The conductor of the concert was Adrian Morar.

I know that there are professional conductors on this forum....would any care to share if there is a professional network of conductors via which enquiries could be made?

Or cellists, for that matter...